Obama cautious about intervening in Prop. 8 case

By DONOVAN SLACK

02/20/2013 08:57 PM EST

President Obama said Wednesday that he hasn't decided whether to weigh in on the Supreme Court case on California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.

"The solicitor general is still looking at this," Obama said in an interview with ABC7 in San Francisco. "I have to make sure that I'm not interjecting myself too much into this process, particularly when we're not a party to the case."

The administration has until Feb. 28 to file a friend-of-the-court brief.

Lower courts have struck down the Proposition passed by California voters in 2008 but supporters are asking the Supreme Court to uphold it. Both sides have wooed the White House in the case.

"I can tell you, though, obviously my personal view, which is that I think that same-sex couples should have the same rights and be treated like everybody else," Obama told ABC7. "And that’s something that I feel very strongly about [and] my administration’s acting on wherever we can."